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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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RDI: Possibility to force an update of the image in Screen Designer

When editing a DDS screen file in the Screen Designer we have the possibility to switch between a Design and a Source window. So far so good. Unfortunately it happens that when changes are made to the source and you switch back to the Design windo...
24 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

RDI: Remember last Filter view > Date

When right clicking in a source and select Filter view > Dateit allways shows the current date and less than.In almost 100% of cases I change it to a lesser date for example 251001 and search for greater than. This works OK. I can see what has ...
24 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Allow date formats to be configured for property dialogs in RSE

Allow date formats to be configured for property dialogs in RSE so dates are easier to read. Personally, I prefer shorter dates.
25 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Make text copyable in RDi property dialogs

Make text copyable in RDi property dialogs so it is easier to copy & paste information such as job names, output queue, etc. Candidate dialogs: Job properties, debug properties, etc.
25 days ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Submitted

Teach "Refactor | Rename to use file ALIAS" about variable scoping

I had occasion to use this refactor function today and it surprised me. I have used it before with much success. I had a file declared globally that contained a field FIELD1 (we'll say). I also had an externally described data structure in a sub-p...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Under review

Start Offline checkbox on RDi startup.

Sometimes it happens the RDi after entering signon credentials hangs during startup for different reasons (e.g. display file source tab in update mode was left open when closing workspace) In many of such cases a problem can be resolved by setting...
2 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 0 Under review

Remember previous user ids when setting service entry point

When setting up service entry points, use the same control for the user id & condition so that previously used values can be re-selected easily. Most of the other fields on the Set Service Entry point dialog allow selection of previously used ...
3 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

Change french translation for "Add service entry point"

The french translation for "Add service entry point" is not correct. Actually the translation is "Supprimer le point d'entrée de service", that means "Delete service entry point". During training it's complicated to explain that to add a service e...
5 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Add 'compare' function when working with IFS source.

When editing a source member that contains unsaved changes, you can press ESC and type 'compare' to highlight those changes. With IFS source, it doesn't do anything. I'd like the 'compare' function to work with IFS source just like it does with so...
9 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

simplify the procedure to install the license key

the procedure to install the license key is awfully complicated and error prone and requested tech support which superseded the instructions that are poor and incomplete.
9 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

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